Bhavapriya Ragam

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Bhavapriya Ragam

About Bhavapriya Raga

Bhavapriya Ragam

Bhavapriya meaning The one dear to Bhava (Shiva), is a ragam in Carnatic music. It is the 44th Melakarta ragam in the 72 melakarta ragam system of Carnatic music. It is called Bhavani in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.

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Raga structure of Bhavapriya

It is the 2nd ragam in the 8th chakra Vasu. The mnemonic name is Vasu-Sri. The mnemonic phrase is sa ra gi mi pa dha ni. Its arohana-avarohana structure is as follows

Arohana: S R1 G2 M2 P D1 N2 S'

Aavarohana: S' N2 D1 P M2 G2 R1 S

Shuddha rishabham, sadharana gandharam, prati madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham, kaisiki nishadham. As it is a melakarta ragam, by definition it is a sampoorna ragam. It is the prati madhyamam equivalent of Hanumatodi (also known as Todi), which is the 8th melakarta.

Janya Ragams Bhavapriya has a minor janya ragam associated with it.

Bhavapriya

S R1 G2 M2 P D1 N2 S'

S' N2 D1 P M2 G2 R1 S

Bhavani

S R1 G2 M2 D1 N2 S

S N2 D1 M2 G2 R1 S

Bhavani S R1 G2 M2 P D1 P N2 S'

S' N2 D1 P M2 G2 R1 S

Kanchanavathi

S R1 G2 M2 P N2 S'

S' N2 P M2 G2 R1 S

External Videos of Bhavapriya

Compositions in Raga Bhavapriya

1) Srikanta niyeda by Thyagaraja

2) Maam Avasrita by Swathi Thirunal

3) Sentiru velan by Koteeswara Iyer

4) Vennai tirudi by Periyasaamy Thooran

5) Madhava mamava by Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna

One compositions set to Bhavani is:

1) Kanikarumbuto by Kalyani Varadarajan

Related Ragas of Bhavapriya

Bhavapriya's notes when shifted using Graha bhedam, yields two other minor melakarta ragams, namely, Vagadheeswari and Naganandini. Graha bhedam is the step taken in keeping the relative note frequencies same, while shifting the shadjam to the next note in the ragam.

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